Considered as a village, a kuuvan was formed by several cabins built of stone near the line of the high shore. In at least one case, the kuuvan leader or tevelor inhabited the biggest building. Frequently kuuvans included drying racks with fishes and an open meeting area with a stone platform for a speaker. It also included rock-cut pools covered with harshes domes to store food, and tidal pools where the Sauvax grew their crops of algae and crustaceans.